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VBAC
Good candidate for VBAC?
DH and I are just now talking about starting to try for baby #2 and I can't help but to worry that I won't be able to have a successful VBAC.
Some backgrount info: I went into labor on my own at 41 weeks, my water broke on it's own, and I needed some pitocin to speed things up a bit. Long story short, my water broke the day before I was admitted and I went to the hospital to have it checked out, they told me I peed my pants and sent me home. I was in fact right and I fevers. I was able towas slowly leaking fluid. This caused DD and I to have push, but after 3 hours the doctor felt something was wrong and sent me in for an emergency C/S. DD's cord was wrapped around her neck twice as well as around her arm and leg. I am confident in my OB's decision to have a C/S and feel very strongly that there would have been no way she was going to come out vaginally.
I know that my body did what it was suppossed to do and that there wasn't much I could have done to change the outcome but I just have this nervous feeling when thinking about the next birth. I so badly want to have a VBAC but am constantly thinking that baby will be breech, there will be cord complications, or FTP. Reading the stories on this board really give me hope though,so I am thankful for that!
Another thing that makes me nervous is when I was pushing, the nurses kept saying how small I was in the area (I am very petite) and that they were hoping DD wouldn't get stuck. I pretty much disregarded this. However, I was talking with my mom and DH (both were in delivery room) and they were both telling me not to get my hopes up for a VBAC because they both saw first hand how tiny I looked and that it didn't look like baby would possibly come out.
I will obviously be speaking with my OB when the time comes, but based off of my prior experience do I sound like a good candidate? Thanks!
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Re: Good candidate for VBAC?
You are a great candidate! I am very small and I did it 2 times before I had to have my c-section (one was an almost 8 pounder). I am having an HBAC in September
Thanks for your responses ladies! My SIL is petite as well and she had no problem delivering an almost 9 lb baby so I wasn't sure what all the fuss was for the fact that i was small. I know the chances that my next LO will have cord issues are slim but I can't help but worry about every possible scenario that could go wrong.
I'm not even pregnant yet and I am stressing it. My Dr. has already told me that he would support an attempt at a VBAC so I am looking forward to talking with him about all of the particulars when that time comes (hopefully very soon! Thanks again.
You won't know if you can VBAC until you try. I pushed 4+ hours with my first son, and I had a lot of worries going into my VBAC about pushing that long and nothing happening...at some point, you have to just accept the things in pregnancy you can control and the things you can't control. But it's a lot easier said than done!
The cord issue and your water breaking before labor aren't super likely to happen again. I wouldn't worry about pelvic outlet, either - remind yourself that your DH and mom probably don't see a lot of laboring women (unless they do, hee hee).
DS2 - Oct 2010 (my VBAC baby!)
this! and get yourself a doula! every laboring mom deserves to have someone by her side who believes in her and supports her. if your husband and mother are not that person, that's okay, but you should still have that person.